Kuchurhan (Rosdilna)
| Kuchurhan | |||
| Кучурган | |||
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| Oblast : | Odessa Oblast | ||
| Rajon : | Rosdilna district | ||
| Height : | 12 m | ||
| Area : | 3.423 km² | ||
| Residents : | 3,322 (2004) | ||
| Population density : | 970 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Postcodes : | 67400 | ||
| Area code : | +380 4853 | ||
| Geographic location : | 46 ° 44 ' N , 29 ° 59' E | ||
| KOATUU : | 5123983401 | ||
| Administrative structure : | 1 village | ||
| Mayor : | Anatoly Levyzkyj | ||
| Address: | 67450 с. Кучурган | ||
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Kutschurhan (Ukrainian Кучурган ; Russian Kutschurgan , formerly German Strasbourg ) is a village in southern Ukraine , about 60 kilometers northwest of Odessa near the border with the Republic of Moldova .
The Kuchurhan River of the same name runs west of the village and is dammed up to the Kuchurhan reservoir south of the village . An important border crossing to Moldova leads in the course of the M 16 over a bridge to Transnistria .
The place was founded in 1808 under the name Strasbourg as a settlement of the Black Sea Germans in the colonist district of Kuchurgan. In 1865 the place got a railway connection through the construction of the northern station on today's Rosdilna – Iași railway line . After the displacement and deportation of the German population in the place in 1944, the German name was deleted and named after the nearby river.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Alexander Frison (1875–1937), Catholic bishop